Edward Jenner, an English physician, made the first successful smallpox vaccine in 1796.

Who made the smallpox vaccine?

  • The smallpox vaccine was created by Edward Jenner, often called the “father of immunology”.
  • In 1796 he used material from cowpox sores to protect an eight-year-old boy, James Phipps, from smallpox, showing that cowpox could safely confer immunity.
  • Jenner published his findings in 1798, and his method spread worldwide, becoming the basis for modern vaccination and helping lead to the eventual eradication of smallpox in 1980.

In today’s terms, Jenner’s smallpox work was the prototype “first vaccine launch” that shaped every later vaccine, from polio to recent global immunization campaigns.

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